This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For health funders, it is essential that we realize that even given all of the unforeseen devastation of COVID-19, and the compounding social crises in its wake, many of our…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Ramaphosa has revealed the government’s plan to boost South Africa’s economy in a speech during parliament proceedings on Thursday. Within this plan, the president has put measures in place to develop…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than 50 million children worldwide have missed their essential polio immunisations this year, after door-to-door vaccination campaigns were paused and medical staff redirected amid the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts say…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even as COVID-19 lays bare deeply entrenched structural inequalities in relation to gender norms, its true impact is still unknown. What we do know is that girls’ lives have forever…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Investing in integrated health-wealth strategies that benefit families and children provide the greatest opportunity to set the conditions for children, regardless of race, gender, and zip code, to thrive now…
Giving Compass’ Take: • A report at Grantmakers in Aging offers solutions for more engaging, expansive opportunities that can help funders invest in health care equity during coronavirus. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Whether the model is in-person, hybrid or remote, all schools and districts are incorporating some form of remote learning this year. Given the uncertainty the pandemic has caused, longer-term planning…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sixty-two percent of women in the green building industry report the pandemic has negatively affected their workplace equity, according to a recent U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) survey of 500 women. A…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In May, when George Floyd, a Black man, was killed while in police custody, igniting protests across the country decrying police brutality against African Americans, the research team I lead…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Complex, uncertain and volatile. These words only begin to describe our world today. The pandemic flipped lives upside down, compromising the physical health of over six million people—disproportionately Black, Indigenous and People of Color—and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Jessica Eise, Purdue University The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the United Nations World Food Program for its efforts to combat hunger, foster conditions for peace in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On the outskirts of Rantoul, in east-central Illinois, about 100 migrant farmworkers are living at an old hotel in a sleepy part of town. Every day at the crack of…